10:37 PM,
Jun. 29, 2013

Aerial showing flood damage along the Iowa River flooding Oakville, Iowa, when a levy broke in June of 2008.

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The Register?s Editorial

This year marks the five-year anniversary of a spring and summer that Iowans would rather forget. Instead, they have been getting almost daily reminders for weeks now that natural disaster is only as remote as the next weather forecast.

You might assume Iowa has learned something from those disasters and, in the case of floods, has taken the necessary preventative measures to minimize future losses.